A signboard at JR Hakata Station notifying passengers of Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train service

the Sanyo Shinkansen Line on the morning of Sept....

The Tenjo River is seen overflowing in the Nutahigashi district of the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Mihara on the morning of July 8, 2021, after downpours hit the area.... In the city of Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, where torrential rain topped 50 millimeters per hour, residents in about 2, 574 households in the Nutahigashi district and 862 households in the Koizumi district, as well as 42 households in the Myojin 5-chome district were ordered to evacuate.... Authorities issued the highest al

The path of Typhoon Lupit is shown as of 9 a.m.on Aug.... The ninth typhoon of the year hit the southwestern Kyushu region Sunday before making landfall near Kure in Hiroshima Prefecture shortly past 5 a.m. Monday.... The weather agency's highest-level rain alert was issued at one point Monday morning for the town of Kitahiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture, but there were no reports of injuries or houses being flooded there as of 8: 30 a.m., according to local firefighters....

BUDAPEST, Hungary--A grassroots civic initiative in Hungary, concerned over the integrity of an upcoming general election, has recruited more than 20, 000 ballot counters to observe the high-stakes contest in which nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban will seek a fourth consecutive term. The effort to place at least two volunteer ballot counters in each of Hungary’s more than 10, 000 polling places came from a belief among many supporters of Hungarian opposition parties that without observers

An East Japan Railway Co. employee demonstrates how she works remotely on a running Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train on Nov.... The company, known as JR East, began remote work services for shinkansen passengers the same day.... " We want to support a new way of working that is not bound by time and place," said an official of the railway operator known as JR East, which finally began the service in earnest after successful trial runs....

A jukebox is seen at Sumaura Sanjo Yuen Park in Kobe's Suma Ward on Nov.... The jukebox on the first floor of the revolving observation tower matches these themes.... A record player inside the jukebox plays music when a coin is inserted into the slot....

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